How do i remove flash player from my mac? or find out if it is malware? i recently got a download and it is acting strange...

I am concerned the flash player maybe a virus? how can I tell? I have updated software from Apple... but every time I watch youtube or other sites... a pop up come come from flash player and asks for permission... I always deny... but this is new... I have never had this problem prior to the flash player update... thank you

I had the same problem today. It probably started with few downloads from some websites.
I got mine fixed by deleting suspicious .plist files in safari.
You can go to finder and search for safari , Use the + sign in the top right corner and select system files are included in the search. Then just delete the .plist files you think are suspicious.
In my case, I just deleted all of them. And it worked for me.
Hope it works for you too.
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